After the All-Star break, the NBA regular season entered the second half, and teams began to work hard for playoff spots.

At this moment, the Brooklyn Nets' core guard is tall and strong, eating delicious New Orleans seafood porridge with crispy fried catfish in the "General's Palace", a high-end restaurant on Washington Street in New Orleans.

A thick piece of fish back meat, the skin is fried to a salty crisp, but the white meat inside is delicious and original, and when eaten, it is smeared with white cheese dipping sauce, served with chives and fried cornmeal balls, and drank hot seafood porridge.

Of course, it's not the tall and strong who enjoys the food alone, but the entire Brooklyn Nets team has come to this prestigious restaurant.

It was a rare group dinner, but the man who paid the bill was tall and strong, and the reason was to celebrate his career-high 56 points.

"Recently, I have paid more times" Gao Dazhuang touched his head helplessly, since gradually becoming the absolute core of the team, Gao Dazhuang found that there are a lot more "expenditures" in all aspects, especially dinners, the team's "boss" pays is a tradition, but looking at the atmosphere in the team, Gao Dazhuang of course will not care about this kind of "small money".

On the mailing address, the English abbreviation of "New Orleans, Louisiana" is "NOLA", and New Orleans affectionately call their beloved city "NOLA".

New Orleans' restaurants have never been known for being expensive, and one of the most elaborate words for Nora is "Lagniappe," which means "a little more extra."

When you go to a New Orleans restaurant to eat, a large plate is sure to be full. It must be made to make people eat a ditch full of trenches and pack it to be called southern hospitality.

"That's good, I like New Orleans" To the surprise of the tall and strong, the biggest food in the Nets is not the strong center Marsin Gortat or the 2.16-meter Timofey Mozgov, but the funny Lance Stephenson, I saw him working left and right, eating the sea, so unhappy.

New Orleanc's cooking style is a mix of French, Spanish, Caribbean and African influences, and while the Cajun food is rich in the use of local southern ingredients, it is closer to the traditional flavours of continental Europe and less spicy in taste.

For example, the famous New Orleans seafood porridge is heavily influenced by African and Indian cooking styles. The main ingredient is shrimp and crab legs. The second is chicken thigh, and vegetables must be put in okra.

The shape and color of okra are like green peppers, but the taste is relatively bland and the texture is particularly smooth. The juice is somewhat viscous. I feel that the function is somewhat similar to that of thickening in Chinese food.

Tall and strong while talking to his teammates. While pulling off the crayfish head, he sucked the spicy juice and lobster brain in it, and then removed the first shell of the crayfish. With one hand of shrimp meat and one hand of shrimp tail, the whole shrimp body will come out, and there is no need to pick up the mud line, one bite at a time, so happy.

"Hey, Da Zhuang, I think you're going to have to treat us all to dinner," Gerard Wallace, who sat across from Tall Zhuang, said as he munched on a "poor man's sandwich" containing lettuce, tomatoes, pickled cucumbers, onions, and pickled peppers, as he looked at the newspaper without looking up.

"Well, what? You're killing big people and finding the wrong target, I'm just a first-year rookie, but you and Humphries are the real big guys" Gao Da Zhuang of course refers to Humphries's salary of 24 million for 2 years and Wallace's salary of 40 million for 4 years.

"Heh, if I want you like this, I've covered all the team's food for a year, and you're a bargain, and this dinner is to celebrate your Player of the Week and your rookie list," Gerard Wallace wiped the corners of his mouth and handed him a copy of the Hoop World newspaper to Gao Dazhuang.

Gao Dazhuang took a look, and the front page of the newspaper reprinted the NBA's official announcement of last week's best players in the East and West today: Gao Dazhuang of the Brooklyn Nets and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers were selected respectively.

Gao Dazhuang led the Nets to a four-game winning streak last week, averaging 43.25 points, 6.25 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 1.65 steals per game.

In these four games, the tall and strong scored all 30 points, and the Brooklyn Nets successfully ranked among the top three in the East with these four wins last week.

Kobe Bryant's Lakers went 3-0 last week, averaging 31.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and the Lakers' record is now 28-29, just one game away from a 50% win rate, while they continue to catch up with the Houston Rockets, who are eighth in the West.

Here's a look at the duo's highlights from last week:

Gao Dazhuang: In the away victory over the Lakers, Gao Dazhuang scored 41 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; At home against the Nuggets, tall and strong contributed 35 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists; At home against the Bucks, tall and strong 41 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists; In the away game against the Bucks, the tall and strong man scored an astonishing 56 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Bryant:

In the main game against the Boston Celtics, Kobe Bryant scored 16 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds; In the main game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists; Challenging the Mavericks away, Kobe Bryant scored a high score of 38 points again, as well as an all-round performance of 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

In addition to Tall and Strong and Kobe, the players nominated for Last Week's Championship include LeBron James of the Miami Heat, Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks, Jeff Green of the Boston Celtics, Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Bobcats, Jarrett Jack of the Golden State Warriors, James Harden of the Houston Rockets, Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Goran Dragic of the Phoenix Suns.

And on the second page of the newspaper, the latest issue of the rookie list was announced:

There hasn't been any rookie Cowie challenging the top spot in the tall list, and Damian Lillard is firmly locked in the second spot, but two rookie guards, Bradley Beal and Dion Waiters, have been on a ferocious rally this week, and they are in third and fourth place this week. And the top pick Anthony Davis can only settle for fifth under the impact of Beal and Vitesse.

1. Tall and strong Brooklyn Nets

There is no suspense in the rankings, in the star-studded All-Star Game, Gao Dazhuang proved his potential, he broke a series of records in the presence of a group of superstars, he was hailed as the best rookie in the past decade, obviously the rookie list can no longer satisfy Gao Dazhuang, the betting industry about this year's rookie list has been canceled, which speaks volumes.

Tall and strong currently averages 28.9 points per game, surpassing Kobe Bryant and behind Kevin Durant at 29.7 and Carmelo Anthony at 29.1. It ranks third in the league in points per game.

2. Damian Lillard Portland Trail Blazers

Lillard had a bit of a cold hand after All-Star weekend. However, his average for the season remains at 18.3 points and 6.6 assists per game, while also helping the Trail Blazers end a seven-game losing streak this week, and Lillard is firmly in second place on the rookie list, although this month is his worst shooting percentage since entering the NBA.

3. Bradley Beal Washington Wizards

After a slow start to the season. Beal played an incredible game. on this. Beal said he was still confident in himself during the worst month of November, throughout February. Beal is averaging 17.7 points per game while shooting 47.8 percent from the field

4. Dion Witt Cleveland Cavaliers

In yesterday's game against the Chicago Bulls, Vitesse led the Cavaliers without Kelly Irving to victory, and he himself scored 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting, averaging 19.8 points per game in the last five games.

5. Anthony Davis New Orleans Hornets

After returning from injury last time, Anthony Davis averaged 14.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, but he was injured again.

In yesterday's game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Los Angeles Clippers, Anthony Davis suffered a small left shoulder injury, which is the fourth time Davis has been injured this season.

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Today, the Brooklyn Nets, who have a four-game winning streak, will travel to take on the New Orleans Hornets.

As soon as "Hi" arrived at the New Orleans Arena, the home of the Hornets, "Champion" Anthony Davis took the initiative to greet "Tanhua" Tall and Strong.

"Hurt?" Seeing Davis's shoulder bandaged, the tall man asked with concern like an old friend.

"The work of the team doctor, hehe, it's just a small injury," Davis replied with a smile, in fact, since the beginning of the season, Davis, who has been constantly injured, has been under too much pressure.

As the champion show, he did not play the strength expected by the fans, but was tall and strong and starry, breaking a series of records, including one trophy after another, Anthony Davis was of course unwilling, so in this game, Davis took the initiative to ask for help and played with an injury.

Because he wants to be able to snipe the tall Nets in New Orleans, he needs a good battle to prove himself.

At the same time, against Davis, who is playing with an injury, Tall and Strong will not be relenting at all, because the Brooklyn Nets are fighting for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

They're already close to the New York Knicks in the same city, so today, Tall and Strong will have to go all out.

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With the referee's whistle, the New Orleans Hornets' home game against the Brooklyn Nets officially began.

"Pap", "Pap", "Pap", ...... The Nets' first offense was still led by Tall Strong, who saw the dribble gradually closing in on Hornets point guard Graves Vasquith.

Perhaps it was the tall and strong that put too much pressure on Vasquis, and when the tall and strong were only half a meter away from him, Vasquith actually took the initiative to attack, he took a sharp step forward, and reached out to volley.

In the face of the ferocity of the opponent, Gao Dazhuang turned over his very agile palm, smashed the ball to the ground, moved his body to the side, and easily dodged Vasquis's interception, and the super explosive power made Gao Dazhuang break through against Vasquis's flank in an instant.

Breaking through Vasquis's defense, the tall and strong stride into the interior, facing the opposing center Robin Lopez, the tall and strong man pulled a sideways lever in the air, dodged the opponent's block and wanted to score a layup.

But at the moment when the ball was about to be shot, the tall and strong man who was gliding in the air took the ball away.

With a "snap", just as the tall man just recovered the ball, a thick arm swept across the position where the basketball had just existed and slapped heavily on the rebound.

It was Anthony Davis, who had been waiting on the sidelines to block Tall Strong, who was the biggest motivator for him to play due to injury, but Tall and Strong shrank in the air to avoid his block.

The basketball was divided from the inside to the outside of the three-point line by the tall and strong, and Kawhi Leonard, who was outside the three-point line, received the ball and fell with a knife, "brushed", and hit a three-point shot.

Tall and strong assisted Leonard to score the first three points. (To be continued......)